From Blair
Matthews, Editor of the Soda Pop Dreams Magazine : The third edition
of The Soda Spectrum Series is here - dedicated to
Coca-Cola bottles and Coke bottle collectors. Check it out at: http://www.pww.on.ca/soda-mag3.htm. Also a new back issues 'super' cd is available now with
Issues
#1-28 on one great cd..... Check out our website for details!!

Also if anyone else has bottles or other soda-related items to offer,
E-mail
and let us all know.

My Missing Items

From Blake :I am a Cheerwine collector here in North
Carolina. I would like to ask if anyone has any old Cheerwine bottles they would
like to sale?? I will pay top dollar for any bottles that I do not have. I would
love to find some paper label Cheerwine bottles in good shape - it does not
matter the year. I would love to get to know other collectors here in North
Carolina. I hope to hear from everyone! Cheerwine's #1 Fan

From Ron,
Chicago, Illinois: I am looking for a NuGrape shirt. E-mail
me.

From John
Gentry: I
have an old Ward's Orange Crush dispenser, in good working order and good
condition. Is anyone interested? E-mail
me.

In answer to a previous request for Crush
Pineapple: From
Tucker:I live in Toronto, Canada and can buy Crush Pineapple
right next door, but only in cans. It's very popular in Newfoundland, eastern
Canada and can be purchased in any size, ie 2L bottles, cans etc. I'm originally
from Newfoundland and we also have Crush Lime and Crush Birch Beer. Hope you
find this info helpful!

Do you have a particular item, or items, that you have been looking for a
long time to complete part of your collection, or something you want - but have
not as yet been able to find? Send it so all of us can help you look. You
never know where it may turn up! E-mail it to My
Missing Item

Q From
Richard Crain: I
recently returned from the Middle East with a few soda pop bottles that
I would like to keep. I would also like to remove the English lettering
and leave only the Arabic script. I've tried wire brushing, propane
torches, razor knives, and finally harsh paint remover. None work. Does
anyone have any suggestions for removing the painted logos on these
bottles?

Please do send your best deals, favorite items, collecting stories, or trades etc.
questions and comments to My
Items. They are always welcome.

What's New?

The
Coca-Cola Company announced its promotion of Chuck Fruit to the position of
Chief Marketing Officer. Mr Fruit succeeds Daniel Palumbo, who is leaving the
company to pursue other opportunities. Mr Fruit joined Coca-Cola in 1991 as head
of Global Media services. Previously he spent 15 years with Anheuser-Busch
Companies.

Coca-Cola
announced that President Steve Heyer will leave the company in a few
months as Neville Isdell takes his post as the new chairman and chief executive
officer. No replacement has been named for Heyer who has joined Coca-Cola in
March 2001 after his former post as the chief operating officer of Turner
Broadcasting System.

E.
Neville Isdell has assumed the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Mr. Isdell succeeds Douglas N Daft
as the 12th Chairman of the Board of the Company.

Coca-Cola
celebrated the groundbreaking of a new distribution and sales center in the
greater Phoenix, Arizona area June 3rd. The 130,000-square-foot facility will be
the second sales and distribution center for Coca-Cola in Phoenix. The new
facility is expected to complete in Spring of 2005 and will initially employ 160
workers. The new center is located at the 400-acre Glendale Airpark west of Loop
101 and between Glendale and Northern Avenues.

Cott Corporation announced that it plans to build
a new beverage manufacturing facility in the southwestern United States. The
company expects to commence construction in the third quarter of 2004 and
anticipates that the plant will be in full production by Q4 2005. It is expected
to produce 40 million cases annually and employ approximately 130 people. This
new plant increases the company's beverage manufacturing plants to nine in the
United States and twenty worldwide.

Coca-Cola is to
launch a new flavor for its Sprite brand in the Canadian market every year, the
company said as it unveiled plans for the Sprite ReMix Berryclear launch in the
country.

New bottles or cans, or anything soda, in your area ?
Please send the info so all of us can know @ Whats
New

The
largest Coca-Cola collectors gathering in the world will take place from July 5
through 10 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 1500
collectors from over a dozen countries have already registered for the 30th
annual Coca-Cola Collectors Club national convention. The convention will
include seminars, regular and silent auctions, display rooms, banquets, swap
meet, room hopping and more. For more information about the convention, please
contact Beth at markowitz@cyberia.com or
visit the club website at http://cocacolaclub.org
.

I just finished the July/August issue
of The
Soda Fizz Magazine - which should be mailed in the next few days. For
those of you who receive the printed version, please bear with me as my current
printer did not notify me until the last minute that it was unable to reproduce
the cover, and a "substitute" one was made. Hopefully by the next
issue (September/October), this matter will have been resolved.

Since my last mailing to you, many
things have happened - one of which is the most significant is a (temporary)
move to the St. Paul area of Minnesota. Those of you who contribute
information, please continue to send them to the same mailing and email
address. They will reach me either way.

Also, with so much spam circulating,
it has become necessary for many individuals, as well as ISPs, to put protection
in place that may cause some of you not to receive even your legitimate email,
including the Fizz. It has become almost exhausting to try and find
ways around some of them, so please remember that the Fizz is also
available online in the archives.

Also, there is at least one computer
virus circulating that can mask the email address it appears to come from, and
unfortunately, it seems that because of my newsletter being on anyone's infected
computer, some of my email addresses embedded in the newsletter have appeared to
have been the "sender." This is not possible as there is
only ONE email address set up to "send" email from my thesodafizz.com
server - all the rest are 'alias' addresses forwarded to the one in/out
functioning mailbox. I can assure you that no such emails have originated
from my computer. Everyone knows what the Fizz emails/newsletters
from me look like - and the very occasional "Fizz Flash" look like -
anything else did not come from me. And if there is ever any question,
either email me and ask, or just simply delete it. Also, be sure to update your
anti-virus software on a regular basis - I have mine set to auto-update on a
daily basis (all three - two anti-virus and my firewall, which also is set to
scan all incoming and outgoing email).

The EXPO is fast approaching.
I have still not received a confirmed time for our PSBCA meeting in Memphis, but
have received an email today regarding it from the show's chairman, Gene
Bradberry. I will send a separate e-mailing when I know the day and time
of it. Please plan to attend, even though you'll be receiving notice of it
later than I would have liked.

LAST NOTE: If anyone
has an upcoming show - or plans to attend one - and would like to place PSBCA (and/or FOHBC) brochures on
your table or at the information table of the show, DO let me know and I would be happy to send you a supply for that.
Matter of fact, I have printed up an ample supple of them for this
reason. Also, if you have a booth in an antique shop or mall, etc., I would send
brochures for you to place there as well. All help is greatly appreciated.
(It is my goal to increase the PSBCA membership significantly this year,
2004.)

Until
next time, Happy Collecting!

FYI : Bottle Nuts

Bottle Nuts will again be setting up
in the Expo Field at Madison, Bouckville, [New York] this August 17-22,
2004. This will be a part of the Fox's Den, which will be located in a 40'
X 100' enclosed tent. The Expo Field was kind enough to lease us 80' of
road frontage 300' deep. There will be two tents erected this year, a 20'
x 40', plus a 40' x 100'. We wll have our own PortaPotty. There will
also be a gathering area in the rear of the big tent. This will consist of
tables and chairs for dining, relaxing and socializing with cold beverages and a
place to cook dinner.

All of last years participants are
expected to return and there will be some new faces joining us. Anyone
interested in joining in for any part of the festivities can E-mail Larry [Brer
Fox] @ brerfox@frontiernet or call
(585) 394-8958.

Tables will be provided, or you can
bring your own. Plus, you can join us for one day, or all six days. The price is
the same. Parking is free in our own parking area for our people.

The 20' x 40' tent will house Steve
and Edie. Edie will again be painting items for sale at the site.
Those of you who were there last year, remember the crowds of people watching
her paint. The House of David's will be located in the big tent.
This is really special, but no explanation as to what this well be given until
after the show. Larry and Jack (the famous bottle maker from Lynchburg)
will be in charge of hospitality. You know the fun and excitement that
these two can create.

If you can't set up with us, at
least be sure to stop by and visit with your old friends - and perhaps make some
new ones. If we can't put a smile on your face, we will get you a new one.

[Larry Fox is the current Northeast
Regional Director and Editor for the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors
(FOHBC). He resides in Canandaigua, New York. Please contact him at the
address or phone number above if you would like to visit the Bottle Nuts in
August and require more information.]

If you have a soda-related subject
that you would like to see here as an "FYI" article, or have
information you yourself would like to contribute, don't be shy, send it to: FYI
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